For the Record (3)

By
With Analysis from Monitor Correspondents around the world,
Edited by Randy Shipp /
November 12, 1980

Brazil's annual inflation rate returned to a record 109.1 percent in October after dipping to 104.4 percent the previous month. Increases in the prices of agricultural products such as beans, rice, corn, and meat, together with rises in the government-controlled prices of gasoline, cars, coffee, sugar, cigarettes , and milk, contributed to the inflationary spiral.